{"id":335,"date":"2009-03-06T08:06:43","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T08:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/03\/barbie-turns-50.html"},"modified":"2009-03-06T08:06:43","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T08:06:43","slug":"barbie-turns-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/03\/barbie-turns-50.html","title":{"rendered":"Barbie Turns 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ART<\/span>
\nHappy Birthday BARBIE!
\nDear Barbie,
\nI miss you, Barbie. I really do, and I apologize for abruptly packing you and Ken up into your dollhouse and selling you to the kid down the street for movie and gasoline money.
\nWhat can I say? Rather short-sided on my part.
\nWell … never mind all that. I do have this photo of you and Ken, lounging around, complete with hand-crocheted bedspread, to remind me of the endless hours of play.
\nI want you to know that I do not blame you for my unrealistic expectations of womanhood. I hear you took a lot of flack in this regard and that some even blamed the rise of eating disorders on you! Geeze.
\nI never for a moment imagined that my breasts would be quite so pointy; nor did I think that my knees would not bend.
\nI enjoyed your sense of couture, and I appreciated that you had a metro-sexual boyfriend. You were the keeper of my secrets, my childhood friend, and I wish you, dear Barbie, the happiest of birthdays!
\nXoXo,
\nJanice<\/em>
\nAND NOW … some Barbie trivia: “In 1963 with the introduction of Midge\u00ae Hadley (Barbie\u00ae doll’s friend), Allan\u00ae Sherwood was being designed. Allan\u00ae was conceived for three important reasons. First and foremost to target the “shared clothes” ideal with Ken\u00ae, second for the double dating possibilities and lastly as a “buddy” to Ken\u00ae. Mattel introduced Allan\u00ae in the1964 along with Skipper\u00ae, Barbie’s\u00ae sister. Allan\u00ae was advertised as Ken’s\u00ae buddy and as Midge’s\u00ae boyfriend. He was quickly discontinued in 1965 the year the second version was released, but was available for sale in limited quantities until 1966. Ken\u00ae was also available for sale through 1966, but found a extended absence until being released with an entirely different look and body mold in 1969. This was the only time frame Ken\u00ae has not been produced on a yearly basis. With Ken’s\u00ae new redesign, Allan\u00ae was going to have to conform to a redesign himself…or be dropped. Unfortunately, Mattel\u2122 decided on the latter. They were already designing a new buddy for Ken. This new buddy Brad\u00ae, would follow a diversity trend that was well ahead of it’s time and follow realizations already established in the female line.” source: manbehindthedoll.com<\/a>
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